What plus 1 equals 30?

This is how to calculate "What plus 1 equals 30?" In other words, what do you add to 1 to get 30? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "What" is what we want to solve:

What + 1 = 30

To solve this equation, we first add -1 to each side of the equal sign like this:

What + 1 - 1 = 30 - 1

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "What plus 1 equals 30?" as follows:

What = 29

The answer to "What plus 1 equals 30?" is 29. You know this answer is correct because 29 plus 1 equals 30.

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